- Scott Wilson
- Staff Writer
Scott Wilson is a White House correspondent for the Washington Post. Previously, he was the paper’s Foreign Editor after serving as a correspondent in Latin America and the Middle East. He was awarded an Overseas Press Club citation and an Interamerican Press Association award for his work abroad, and a citation from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Obama administration . He joined the Post in 1997.
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